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Satoshi Kon, the Japanese director of animated films such as Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress and the Inception-influencing Paprika, has died at the young age of 47. The director reportedly lost a battle with cancer. News of the director's passing originally came via a tweet from Takeda Yasuhiro, then seems to have been confirmed by other sources, such as the UK Anime Network.
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Some of the artistic partners of Japanese animation impresario Satoshi Kon have been reporting via Twitter that he died yesterday at age 47, apparently due to cancer. Details thus far have been limited, since so far the only officia... Read Post

Rumors started to circulate around Twitter today that anime luminary Satoshi Kon, director of such truly brilliant films as Millennium Actress and Paprika, has died at the age of 47. One of the first reports came in from Takeda Yasu... Read Post

Satoshi Kon, one of the true visionaries of Japanese animation, died on Aug. 24 of pancreatic cancer at 46. Kon’s first film, 1999?s psychological thriller Perfect Blue, established what became a hallmark of his all-too-short career... Read Post